Five on Friday: Enforcement Efforts to Protect Workers

It’s almost spring! For many of us who have been cooped up in our homes for many months, the outdoor rebirth of the year can’t come soon enough.

Claire shared a new study that shows the “chilling effect” on primary care use among patients lacking authorization to live and work in the US, associated with the increased anti-immigrant rhetoric during the 2016 presidential election: “Changes in Health Care Use Among Undocumented Patients, 2014-2018.”

Kaethe shared, ECRI’s 2021 Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns, which this year called out racial and ethnic disparities as a leading threat to patient safety and health. 

Karen offered, “Virus Variants Found to be Deadlier, More Contagious; Some May Thwart Vaccines.”

Double Weekly Win: With more vaccines reaching people of color, and increased observance of COVID-19 preventative measures in the workplace, we are hopeful that the disparities in infection will decrease:

Kaethe sent in “Early COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts Through Community Health Centers Are Reaching People of Color.”

Amy celebrated OSHA’s announcement that it is beginning enforcement to protect workers from COVID-19, including inspections to follow complaints at highly hazardous workplaces like in poultry plants.

Have a safe and healthy weekend!

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